POT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. POT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about POT
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A rounded container used for cooking or storage.
Pot as a word for cannabis is American from the 1930s and probably came from a Mexican Spanish name for a drink infused with leaves. The container sense is native and far older, and the two have no connection at all.
How POT is used
Countable. Also a verb: potted, potting.
- A pot of tea for one and two cups anyway.
- The word pot for cannabis is American and unrelated.
- She potted the seedlings a fortnight too early.
- Two pots on the stove and neither of them watched.
- The pot is chipped but nobody throws it away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POT
The 3 tiles of POT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with POT
Showing 24 of 241 words that begin with POT.
Words ending in POT
Showing 24 of 68 words that end in POT. Useful as a back hook: play POT onto a word already on the board.
Words with POT inside
Showing 24 of 363 words that contain POT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POT
Common questions about POT
- Is POT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POT worth?
- POT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POT mean?
- A rounded container used for cooking or storage.
- What letters can be added to POT?
- POT takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POT:
Open POT in the Word Finder